2008 Woodie Awards
An Alternative Lesson to A Firsthand Experience
Jessica Mekhail
Issue date: 11/26/07 Section: News
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The internationalization of the world can arise in many forms. In a university setting, students may, in addition to participating in globalization by traveling to other countries, learn from witnesses who live and work in those countries. Holy Family's Northeast Philadelphia campus hosted a gratifying experience of the latter on September 12 and 13.
Holy Family welcomed several sisters from the International religious order of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for the "Eastern European Women Speak" event. The sisters gave an overview of the counties in Eastern Europe and the political situation of each respective country. The Sisters spoke about the mission of the church and how each of them interpreted that mission in their countries of service including Belarus, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. The community of religious women has members in 13 countries including Australia, England, France, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, the Philippines, Syria, and the U.S.
The Mistress of Ceremonies for the event was Sister Doleretta Dawid, a Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth and Professor of Foreign Language. She introduced the Sisters and spoke of the significance of technology in the use and scholarship of foreign languages. Holy Family provided simultaneous translation with audio devices for the presentations, which were given in Polish and Russian. "We need to open the eyes of students to think outside their own realm," said Sister Doleretta.
According to Sister Doleretta, the President of Holy Family, Sister Francesca Onley, CSFN, facilitated the idea to bring the International Sisters to the university. As she does travel extensively, she wanted to help students think more globally while acting locally. While the International Sisters were here, they lived in Delaney Hall with our local community of the Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth.
"We have the same mission," said Sister Doleretta, "after all, we are a community. The Sisters of the Holy Family have a family-oriented mission. We work based on the needs of the family. The only difference is the cultures, which lend themselves to different realms of service."
Two Holy Family students from Poland, Martyna Rybak, a sophomore Business major, and Piotr Kopinski, a freshman Biochemistry major, served as greeters during the event.
As a Professor of foreign language and thus a promoter of the collaboration of local and global thinking, Sister Doleretta spoke about how the conference may have inspired students to scale down the Sisters' services to apply it to own lives. "Hopefully, this event and others will open up diversity," said Sister Doleretta, "because it will make students realize that no matter what culture you embrace, we all have the same aim in life: to be better and to make others better."
For more information on any upcoming Holy Family University events encouraging global education visit www.hfc.edu.
Holy Family welcomed several sisters from the International religious order of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth for the "Eastern European Women Speak" event. The sisters gave an overview of the counties in Eastern Europe and the political situation of each respective country. The Sisters spoke about the mission of the church and how each of them interpreted that mission in their countries of service including Belarus, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine. The community of religious women has members in 13 countries including Australia, England, France, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, the Philippines, Syria, and the U.S.
The Mistress of Ceremonies for the event was Sister Doleretta Dawid, a Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth and Professor of Foreign Language. She introduced the Sisters and spoke of the significance of technology in the use and scholarship of foreign languages. Holy Family provided simultaneous translation with audio devices for the presentations, which were given in Polish and Russian. "We need to open the eyes of students to think outside their own realm," said Sister Doleretta.
According to Sister Doleretta, the President of Holy Family, Sister Francesca Onley, CSFN, facilitated the idea to bring the International Sisters to the university. As she does travel extensively, she wanted to help students think more globally while acting locally. While the International Sisters were here, they lived in Delaney Hall with our local community of the Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth.
"We have the same mission," said Sister Doleretta, "after all, we are a community. The Sisters of the Holy Family have a family-oriented mission. We work based on the needs of the family. The only difference is the cultures, which lend themselves to different realms of service."
Two Holy Family students from Poland, Martyna Rybak, a sophomore Business major, and Piotr Kopinski, a freshman Biochemistry major, served as greeters during the event.
As a Professor of foreign language and thus a promoter of the collaboration of local and global thinking, Sister Doleretta spoke about how the conference may have inspired students to scale down the Sisters' services to apply it to own lives. "Hopefully, this event and others will open up diversity," said Sister Doleretta, "because it will make students realize that no matter what culture you embrace, we all have the same aim in life: to be better and to make others better."
For more information on any upcoming Holy Family University events encouraging global education visit www.hfc.edu.
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